Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Suriname

Suriname: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 42.51 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
42.51 0-100
Change on year
down 3.7%
World rank
139th
of 205 countries
All-time high
52.98 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
39.03 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Suriname, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 39 0-1001998: 46.4 0-1002000: 53 0-1002002: 53 0-1002003: 52.8 0-1002004: 51.1 0-1002005: 51 0-1002006: 46.1 0-1002007: 45.9 0-1002008: 48.4 0-1002009: 50 0-1002010: 50 0-1002011: 49.3 0-1002012: 51.3 0-1002013: 51.1 0-1002014: 50.1 0-1002015: 50.1 0-1002016: 50.7 0-1002017: 48.9 0-1002018: 48.9 0-1002019: 48.6 0-1002020: 48.6 0-1002021: 45.5 0-1002022: 44.1 0-1002023: 44.1 0-1002024: 42.5 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 42.51 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname peaked at 52.98 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 39.03 0-100, in 1996.

That places Suriname 139th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Suriname, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 39.03 0-100
1998 46.38 0-100 +18.8%
2000 52.98 0-100 +14.2%
2002 52.98 0-100 +0.0%
2003 52.82 0-100 -0.3%
2004 51.07 0-100 -3.3%
2005 50.96 0-100 -0.2%
2006 46.13 0-100 -9.5%
2007 45.95 0-100 -0.4%
2008 48.36 0-100 +5.3%
2009 50 0-100 +3.4%
2010 50.01 0-100 +0.0%
2011 49.26 0-100 -1.5%
2012 51.31 0-100 +4.2%
2013 51.12 0-100 -0.4%
2014 50.09 0-100 -2.0%
2015 50.07 0-100 -0.0%
2016 50.67 0-100 +1.2%
2017 48.87 0-100 -3.6%
2018 48.88 0-100 +0.0%
2019 48.63 0-100 -0.5%
2020 48.58 0-100 -0.1%
2021 45.53 0-100 -6.3%
2022 44.12 0-100 -3.1%
2023 44.14 0-100 +0.0%
2024 42.51 0-100 -3.7%

Suriname compared with similar countries

  • Suriname's 42.51 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 86% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Suriname's 42.51 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.73 0-100, 82% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.71 0-100 39.03 0-100 46.38 0-100 2
2000s 50.14 0-100 45.95 0-100 52.98 0-100 9
2010s 49.89 0-100 48.63 0-100 51.31 0-100 10
2020s 44.98 0-100 42.51 0-100 48.58 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 136 Armenia 44.26 0-100 compare
  2. 137 Mongolia 43.77 0-100 compare
  3. 138 Kiribati 42.9 0-100 compare
  4. 140 Djibouti 41.75 0-100 compare
  5. 141 Zambia 40.98 0-100 compare
  6. 142 Gambia 40.92 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname was 42.51 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 52.98 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 39.03 0-100 in 1996.
How does Suriname rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Suriname ranks 139th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Suriname data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).